Judith Ivey, author portrait

Judith Ivey

Judith Ivey is an American actress, voice-over artist, and director. She is is the recipient of the Tony Award® and the Drama Desk Award for her performances in Steaming and Hurlyburly, the Obie Award for her performance in The Moonshot Tape, and countless others for her stage and film work. As an audiobook narrator, Judith has received multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and was nominated for an Audie Award.


Judith’s film and television appearances include The Devil’s Advocate, Washington Square, Mystery, Alaska, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Cortez, Through a Glass Darkly, and Designing Women, among others. She has also appeared on Broadway in The Audience and The Heiress; off Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, for which she received the Lucille Lortel Award; and in regional theater. Her theater directing credits include Quack, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Delusion by Proxy, among others.

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